ETF comparison
FBND vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
442 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and VCRB would leave roughly 8.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VCRB is 26 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for FBND.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with FBND vs VCRB.
Top shared holdings
442 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UST NOTES | 1.02% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 2 | UST NOTES | 0.87% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 3 | UST NOTES | 2.34% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 4 | UST NOTES | 0.47% | 0.51% | 0.47% |
| 5 | UST NOTES | 2.21% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | UST NOTES | 0.53% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER | 0.32% | 0.56% | 0.32% |
| 8 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.47% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 9 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.82% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.04% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.39% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 12 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.60% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in FBND
4,027 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 4.62%
- UST NOTES 2.17%
- UST NOTES 1.81%
- UST NOTES 1.49%
- UST NOTES 1.20%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.19%
- UST NOTES 1.18%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.14%
- UST NOTES 1.03%
- UST NOTES 1.02%
Only in VCRB
2,972 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Finland Government International Bond 0.54%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with FBND
- FBND vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 6.7%
- FBND vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.6%
- FBND vs MBB · iShares MBS ETF 4.8%
- FBND vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 4.5%
- FBND vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 4.4%
- FBND vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 3.0%
More comparisons with VCRB
- VCRB vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 7.7%
- VCRB vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 7.1%
- VCRB vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 6.6%
- VCRB vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 6.5%
- VCRB vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 5.2%
- VCRB vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.